A trade too good to be true?
Taking a departure from my Keep or Sweep article after last weeks’ awful review, this week I answer a trade question from long time struggling NRLCEO coach @Rhyannaj
‘I’ve been offered Konrad Hurrell and Antonio Winterstein for Reece Robinson and Joseph Paulo. Should I accept?’
Reece Robinson has scored 40 points in 11 matches for the Eels, which is well above my personal expectations. I’m still personally shocked the Eels have scored 40 points with their dodgy roster. Approximately four points per game is where I set my benchmark for a player and Robinson is right around that mark.
Joseph Paulo is done. He is useless. He has scored 6]sjx NRLCEO points this year and has now been dropped. Why anyone would carry him is beyond me.
Konrad Hurrell has had a down year, managing to roll injury, suspension and poor form into one very average package. He has scored nine points in five starts, after averaging nearly five points per game in 2014. He currently has one more match to sit out due to suspension & will need to win back his spot in first grade in a Warriors team currently on a three match winning streak.
Antonio Winterstein has managed to somehow be more useless in 2015 than Konrad Hurrell. He has scored 20 points in 10 matches despite playing on the flank for the team sitting 3rd in the premiership. All this after averaging 4 points per game last year.
Hurrell and Winterstein are two players down on form and scoring well below their career averages. The question is whether you see this as a trend that continues. I personally can’t see it. Hurrell himself was an out an out NRLCEO star last year. I’d be happy to have him in my squad now and bank on the big man turning it all around. Winterstein has just turned 27 and should still be in his prime. He plays for the Cowboys who currently have the 3rd ranked attack in the NRL. Sure playing outside the offensively-inept Kane Linnett doesn’t help, but Winterstein managed to be a solid contributor with this impediment before and I anticipate he will do so again.
The Doctors Verdict
This trade seems almost too good to be true. You mean I can give up an average winger for the future Wooden-Spooner’s for Hurrell and Winterstein? Even though they have each had an average start to the year this is definitely a trade I accept. And quickly.
Ryan
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